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January 21, 2015

Mushroom & Goat Cheese Grilled Flatbread

This easy grilled flatbread pizza features delicious sautéed mushrooms, thyme, goat cheese, and balsamic vinegar. Vegetarian. 

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Grilled flatbread recipe with sautéed mushrooms, thyme, and goat cheese.

Once upon a time, we had a grill.

This easy grilled flatbread pizza comes together in no time, with delicious sautéed mushrooms, thyme, goat cheese, and balsamic vinegar. Vegetarian.

It wasn’t even OUR grill, really. It belonged to my friend Kelly (HI KELLY) who moved to go to vet school and didn’t have a patio or a backyard or anything in which to store her beauuutiful red charcoal grill.

So (because I’m a good samaritan) I offered to store it for her (because I DID have a backyard, for one brief, shining year) and we used it to grill pizza and burgers and have all-around super-duper backyard grill times.

Grilled flatbread recipe with sautéed mushrooms, thyme, and goat cheese. Topped with a balsamic glaze. Vegetarian.

It was then that I discovered grilled flatbread. And to save some time, here’s the short version: Grilled Flatbread = happy Jessie.

Fast forward a year plus a little bit: Kelly upgraded her living sitch, we gave her her grill back, I cried a little inside, and I forgot for awhile about grilled flatbread.

Grilled pizza with goat cheese and mushrooms

https://www.lifeasastrawberry.com/fifteen-minute-pizza-dough/BUT THEN.

A few weeks ago, that thing happened where suddenly you think of some food and you think “oh, that’s nice” but then you can’t STOP thinking of said food and then after a day or two (ok, twenty minutes) you cave and decide YOU MUST EAT THIS FOOD NOW.

For me, that food was grilled flatbread. AND I HAD TO HAVE IT.

So I busted out our cast iron grill pan (Amazon has a similar one here) and I pan-grilled me some flatbread. In the middle of winter.

I caramelized some shallots and mushrooms and put that on top with some goat cheese and then I added thyme and some balsamic glaze because those things together are just the best.

And all was right with the world.

The End.

Mushroom and Goat Cheese Grilled Flatbread

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Mushroom and Goat Cheese Grilled Flatbread

Mushroom & Goat Cheese Grilled Flatbread

  • Author: Jessie
  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Cook Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: Serves 4-6 1x
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An easy grilled flatbread recipe for summer!


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Ingredients

FOR THE MUSHROOMS:

  • 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter
  • 1 small shallot, sliced
  • 1.5 cups baby portobello mushrooms, sliced
  • 2 Tbsp. brown sugar
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 sprig fresh thyme, leaves removed

FOR THE FLATBREAD:

  • 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
  • 1 batch of your favorite pizza dough
  • 2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 cup crumbled goat cheese
  • 2 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves removed

Instructions

FOR THE MUSHROOMS:

  1. In a large skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat.
  2. Add shallot and mushrooms to the butter and give the mixture a good stir.
  3. Stir brown sugar, salt, pepper, and the thyme leaves to the mushroom mixture. Stir to combine and cook until mushrooms and shallots have caramelized, about 5 minutes.
  4. Remove cooked mushroom mixture from heat and set aside.

FOR THE FLATBREAD:

  1. Pour balsamic vinegar into a small skillet and heat over medium-high heat until it reduces to a thick syrup, about 8 minutes. While the balsamic vinegar reduces, make the flatbread.
  2. Heat a cast iron grill pan on the stove over medium-high heat. If you don’t have a grill pan, you can use a real, outdoor grill (lucky you!) or just bake the flatbread in the oven at 500 degrees like you would a regular pizza.
  3. Roll the pizza dough out to about 1/4 inch thick. Depending on the size of your pan, you may have to make flatbreads in batches.
  4. Press dough onto hot grill pan. I like to use tongs to press the corners down so that I don’t burn my fingers. Let dough cook for 2-3 minutes, until you can easily pick it up with tongs and dough has dark, charred grill marks.
  5. When the first side of the dough has cooked, flip the dough over so the uncooked side is facing the pan.
  6. Drizzle olive oil over the top of the flatbread, and quickly top with the mushroom mixture and crumbled goat cheese.
  7. Cook until the goat cheese has softened and the bottom of the flatbread has nice, charred grill marks, about 4 minutes.
  8. Remove pizza from grill pan and place on a cutting board. Top with thyme leaves and a drizzle of balsamic glaze. Slice and serve immediately.

Notes

Make this flatbread on an outdoor grill or grill pan, or bake it on a pizza stone in a 500 degree oven. I use a reversible grill/griddle pan like this one.

Use any toppings you like! This flatbread is also great topped with some fresh kale or arugula, grilled peppers, or anything else you have on hand.

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This easy homemade flatbread pizza comes together in no time, with delicious sautéed mushrooms, thyme, goat cheese, and balsamic vinegar. Make it as a grilled pizza or bake it in the oven any time of year. Vegetarian.

This easy homemade flatbread pizza comes together in no time, with delicious sautéed mushrooms, thyme, goat cheese, and balsamic vinegar. Make it as a grilled pizza or bake it in the oven any time of year. Vegetarian.

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Comments

  1. Emma {emmas little kitchen} says:
    February 4, 2015 at 11:48 AM

    Skillet pizza! You clever lady, you!

    Reply
    • Jessie says:
      February 8, 2015 at 12:06 PM

      Thanks, Emma! This is definitely one of my new favorites!

      Reply
  2. Thalia @ butter and brioche says:
    January 22, 2015 at 10:14 PM

    This flatbread just looks so incredible moorish and delicious.. I am loving all that mushroom goats cheese topping especially.

    Reply
    • Jessie says:
      January 24, 2015 at 5:58 PM

      Thanks, Thalia! I could eat goat cheese on EVERYTHING.

      Reply
  3. Kimberly | Chic & Sugar says:
    January 22, 2015 at 2:04 PM

    This looks great! I would never have guessed you did this on a grill pan! I must get one.

    Reply
    • Jessie says:
      January 24, 2015 at 5:56 PM

      Thanks, Kimberly! I was a little nervous about the grill pan when we first got it but lately I’ve been using it for everything!

      Reply
  4. Brooke says:
    January 22, 2015 at 10:05 AM

    Every blog post should begin with “once upon a time.”

    Reply
    • Jessie says:
      January 24, 2015 at 5:55 PM

      I totally agree.

      Reply
  5. Kaylin @ Enticing Healthy Eating says:
    January 21, 2015 at 6:32 PM

    Mmm, mmm, mmm! This is one of the best looking things I’ve seen all week in the food blogging world, I do believe! I love mushrooms.

    Reply
    • Jessie says:
      January 24, 2015 at 5:55 PM

      Thanks so much, Kaylin! I feel like mushrooms and goat cheese were kind of meant to be together.

      Reply

 
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